Snow rides! Pics and Vids

JayKingFunk

deadkenny: I thought your photos were excellent too!

I used a Nikon D60 on my ride in the snow, it got very wet and survived unscathed luckily!

I've got a sigma 10-20 lens I sometimes use which is excellent for landscape shots when on rides with decent views.

wordnumb

Normally I ride with earphones in, this morning I was so enthusiastic to get going I forgot them.

Tires make awesome sounds in the snow, and I love that cracking ice sound that gives you just enough time to wonder how deep the muddy puddle is. And then, when you're stuck and need to step down, how wide.

I love this weather.

shin0r

Went up to Cwmcarn on Sunday with one of those cheap ebay Muvi clones. I need to work on the camera position but the quality is ok for £30 all-in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FLrjPeg7mY

sellisnba

Really impressed with the quality for £30.

Where can i get one?

sellisnba

Didn't really get any snow, just a thick layer of frost

shin0r

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mini-DV-DVR-Sports-Video-Camera-Spy-cam-SpyCam-MD80-DC_W0QQitemZ300377352337QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_AudioTVElectronics_Video_Camcorders?hash=item45efe2a891

and a decent card:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Veho-8GB-Class-6-MicroSDHC-Memory-Card-For-Muvi-DV-UK_W0QQitemZ170399031494QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_AudioTVElectronics_PDAsAccessories_MemoryCards?hash=item27ac92e0c6

sellisnba

Thank you good sir. Are they seriously under a fiver? :shock:

jairaj

sellisnba wrote:

Thank you good sir. Are they seriously under a fiver? :shock:

How have you missed the massive thread that started before Xmas about this camera? :shock:

http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12666507

LoUiS1985

here's the pics of todays ride around the beautiful Lincolnshire Wolds!!......enjoy

sellisnba

DOH!

weeksy59

Anonymous

wordnumb wrote:

Tires make awesome sounds in the snow, and I love that cracking ice sound that gives you just enough time to wonder how deep the muddy puddle is. And then, when you're stuck and need to step down, how wide.

Yeah, I was getting that today. I wasn't sure if it was a puddle under it or a river! :shock:

Dick Scruttock

Well today we made it hardly anywhere at all:

iain1775

My snowy video from the Peaks Sunday just gone (with crash compilation at the end)

Derwent Edge and the descent down the slabs to Ladybower
http://vimeo.com/8563444

There is a few on my profile there from Cannock Chase on Xmas Eve as well with a bit of snow and ice

Ladybower = £250 VHoldr camera
Cannock = £50 Veho Muvi camera with sportspack from Tescos
Not much difference in quality to justify the extra cost!

doug@basqueMTB.com

A couple from the last few weeks at Contin and Golspie. More here: http://www.basquemtb.com/scotland-in-the-snow/

r3 guy

heres mine

video of snowy day at glentress



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8JUw0hqAwA

fatwomble

LoUiS1985

doug@basqueMTB.com wrote:

A couple from the last few weeks at Contin and Golspie. More here: http://www.basquemtb.com/scotland-in-the-snow/

awesome first pic dude

doug@basqueMTB.com

Cheers man! It's a big rocky slaby ridge at Contin, near Strathpeffer.

funkywigster

think i'll stay in bed!!!!

Anonymous

doug@basqueMTB.com wrote:

Looks positively suicidal! :shock:. I know if I did that I'd find out I'm dropping into a pond or something

Broonster

Some pics from a quick blast with the wife this morning. Cracking weather it was too, although VERY cold!

rhyko7

The snow is good fun if you have the right tyres:
A near by local downhill track in S,Wales
My mate craig:



And me getting sideways-good times were had






it made a nice change going on the bike today after 2 days of snowboarding which was also awesome fun![/img]

capoz77

deadkenny wrote:

north-sure wrote:

deadkenny
Have got a polariser on it though for some shots which made the sky nice and deep blue. The purple/blue sky in the last one was just because of the sunset. I was rapidly running out of light to find my way home!

Wow, impressive!

I have a Sony A200 can you reccomend a good place to buy a polariser and brand too?

bamba

local route 20/12/09
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ladybower 28/12/09
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local route today 7/1/10
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hopefully these have all worked, first time putting pics up

The Northern Monkey

Northwind wrote:

Some of these I've posted before...



Found this guy while out on a ride just after Christmas...

He's being towed by a helicopter!

cat_with_no_tail

bamba wrote:

local route 20/12/09
[/imghttp://s940.photobucket.com/albums/ad246/bamba_paul/?action=view&current=20122009269.jpg&newest=1[/img]

ladybower 28/12/09
[imghttp://s940.photobucket.com/albums/ad246/bamba_paul/?action=view&current=100_1527.jpg&newest=1[/img]

local route today 7/1/10
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hopefully these have all worked, first time putting pics up

Photobucket Phail

Let me fix that for you







When you are using photobucket, the easiest way to put an image up is to copy the "IMG Code" as it appears on your list of links under the photo, then paste it into your post. No need to do anything else because it will already have the tags attached.

Anonymous

capoz77 wrote:

I have a Sony A200 can you reccomend a good place to buy a polariser and brand too?

You can get them in most camera shops, though getting the right size is not so easy as they often don't stock every size. You need to find out the filter thread size of your lens, and get a circular polariser for that size (circular are better suited for the metering systems of digital cameras).

Plenty of places online. Though if the filter size is quite large, these things get very expensive. They're quite cheap at smaller sizes though.

Photo purists will insist on top name or camera manufacturer brands that cost a fortune (£100+), but I've never seen the benefit.

Hoya is a good reasonable priced brand. There are different varieties, basic, multi-coated, super multi-coated, pro, digital etc. I just go for the HMC (regular multi-coated). I generally just search on google for Hoya HMC and whatever the filter size is and find a cheap place. If you don't mind a wait for an import coming from Hong Kong, places like www.onestop-digital.com can be cheap especially for the larger filters.

bamba

'Cat With No Tail' , thanks very much, bit new to this, any tips on making them a bit smaller

cat_with_no_tail

bamba wrote:

'Cat With No Tail' , thanks very much, bit new to this, any tips on making them a bit smaller

No worries dude.

On Photobucket, just under where it says "Upload images and videos" there is a smaller link in brackets saying "(more options)".

If you click on that, then choose either large or medium. I upload my photos in large size, they seem to fit nicely on here.

Once you've selected your preferred size, click save, then all photos you upload will be uploaded to that size.